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The two-day or less shipping Americans have come to expect faces a climate change threat

Customers have come to expect when they order something online, it arrives in two days or less. But with increasing adverse weather events like Houston’s heatwaves, Florida’s hurricanes and other extreme storms, it’s getting harder to ensure fast delivery.

Many logistics companies have warned about shipping delays due to extreme weather. Weather-related supply chain disruptions will cost the industry an estimated $100 billion in 2024, according to Freight Waves. Freight solutions company Breakthrough, which focuses on sustainable transportation, conducted a survey of 500 shippers and carriers this year that revealed extreme weather was cited as the top transportation challenge.

“Shippers and carriers continue to face a myriad of disruptions,” Breakthrough chief operating officer Jenny Zanden said in a statement. “Last year, transportation professionals were focused on reducing costs as a means to overcome volatile diesel prices. This year, sustainability and climate-related disruptions are driving the need for fuel efficiency and changes to transportation strategy.”

In March, an expected snowstorm hit the Sparks, Nevada. It led to the closure of Donner Pass, which many drivers use to traverse the northern Sierra mountain range. Walmart was unable to dispatch its grocery delivery from its Sparks center as a result. It turned to to predictive analytics and artificial intelligence to optimize last-mile strategies.

It’s called the weather. It happens. Also, notice these wackos are mentioning a snowstorm as a result of a (slightly) warming climate. Most of us in the real world understand that sometimes things happen. Heck, I wish sometimes the would hold off on delivering during weather events. When they delivered my weather station, ironically there were big rain storms, and the box was partially soaked even though it was on my porch.